Curt Gowdy Media Award Explained

Curt Gowdy Media Award
Sport:	Basketball
Givenfor:	"To single out members of the electronic and print media for outstanding contributions to basketball."
Location:	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Springfield, Massachusetts
First:	1990
Mostrecent:	Holly Rowe, Marc Spears (2023)

The Curt Gowdy Media Award is an annual award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to outstanding basketball writers and broadcasters. It is named for American sportscaster Curt Gowdy, who was the Hall of Fame's president for seven years.^[1]

Recipients

This list of awardees is taken from the website of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Broadcasters

Sportswriters

1990 Dick Herbert (The News & Observer)
1991 Dave Dorr (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
1992 Sam Goldaper (The New York Times)
1993 Leonard Lewin (New York Post)
1994 Leonard Koppett (The New York Times and New York Post)
1995 Bob Hammel (The Herald-Times)
1996 Bob Hentzen (The Topeka Capital-Journal)
1997 Bob Ryan (The Boston Globe)
1998 Larry Donald (Basketball Times) and Dick Weiss (Daily News)
1999 Smith Barrier (News & Record)
2000Dave Kindred (The Sporting News)
2001 Curry Kirkpatrick (ESPN The Magazine and Sports Illustrated)
2002 Jim O'Connell (Associated Press)
2003 Sid Hartman (Star Tribune)
2004 Phil Jasner (Philadelphia Daily News)
2005 Jack McCallum (Sports Illustrated)
2006 Mark Heisler (Los Angeles Times)
2007 Malcolm Moran (USA Today and The New York Times)
2008 David DuPree (USA Today)
2009 Peter Vecsey (New York Post)
2010 Jackie MacMullan (The Boston Globe)^[3]
2011 Alexander Wolff (Sports Illustrated)
2012 Sam Smith (Chicago Tribune)
2013 John Feinstein (The Washington Post and Sporting News)
2014 Joe Gilmartin (Phoenix Gazette and Sporting News)
2015 Rich Clarkson (The Topeka Capital-Journal and National Geographic)
2016 David Aldridge (The Philadelphia Inquirer and NBA.com)^[5]
2017 Harvey Araton (The New York Times)
2018 Andy Bernstein (NBA)^[7]
2019 Marc Stein (ESPN and The New York Times)
2020 Michael Wilbon (The Washington Post)
2021 Mel Greenberg (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
2022 M.A. Voepel (ESPN)
2023 Marc Spears (ESPN and Andscape)
2024 J. A. Adande (Los Angeles Times and ESPN)

Transformative

Insight

2020 Jim Gray
2021 George Kalinsky

Notes and References

Web site: Curt Gowdy Media Award Winners . . 2014-10-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101208085101/http://www.hoophall.com/curt-gowdy-award/ . December 8, 2010 . mdy-all .
News: Ewing Among Seven To Be Inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame . . Jon . Saraceno . September 4, 2008 . August 6, 2012.
News: MacMullan Is Named Gowdy Award Winner. Finn. Chad. 12 May 2010. The Boston Globe. 14 May 2010.
News: Sandomir. Richard. John Andariese, 78, Knicks Broadcaster. 15 March 2017. New York Times. March 15, 2017. B13.
David Aldridge and Jay Bilas Named Recipients of Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . February 12, 2016 . February 12, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160216014404/http://www.hoophall.com/news/2016/2/12/david-aldridge-and-jay-bilas-named-recipients-of-basketball.html . February 16, 2016 . dead .
NBA raises $500,000 for SagerStrong Foundation . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . February 17, 2017 . February 18, 2017.
Andy Bernstein and Doris Burke Named Recipients of Basketball Hall of Fame's 2018 Curt Gowdy Media Award . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . February 17, 2018 . February 17, 2018.